I was still thinking what to write for my March blog post when I saw an inspiration from Facebook about Photoshop, Faceapp and Beautycam. I guess this post might offend some other Crossdressers and I do not mean any disrespect, but I just airing my opinions and stand on the use of photo editing apps or programme that distort the reality of things.
With advancement in technology, there are so many softwares and apps that allow users to do photo editing even on a mobile phone; apps such as Faceapp, Beautycam (美图), and even photoshop are all available at the fingertips as compared to the days where photo-editing have to be done on a laptop or PC. Because of this, some crossdressers decided to opt for the easier way to showcase their photos. They chose to edit their photos heavily and post it on social media, in some cases, really misleading.
Using this article as an example, a young Japanese female biker with a large following on Twitter turned out to be a 50-year-old man behind the screen. As cited,
"I want to share pictures of myself riding a motorcycle, but no one wants to see an uncle," he said.
Souya said when he initially opened the account in January 2019 to post about his motorcycle adventures, he did not attract many followers.
But after posting a a picture of himself he as a woman he made on FaceApp for fun, he quickly gained 1,000 followers and decided to continue posting with his online female persona since."
This is my stand on use of photo-editing software, I am fine using photoshop or beautifying apps as long as it does not distort the reality of photo too much. For me, when I started CrossDressing, I did not know how to do make-up and I did not intend to venture so far into CD initially. Hence, I started by taking photos without my head in the shots. Even after I started to learn about make-up, in fear of people recognising me on social media, I would blur out my face. After I learned more about make-up and how it made me looked different, then I had the confidence to post my full face photos online and share with others; all my recent photos are straight from my mobile phone and no editing involved.
Before venturing into make-up, I see how some Cross-Dressers are taking the effort to don on the wigs and put on make-up, I thought to myself, so much trouble and effort. Some of my closer CD friends actually encourage me to try on make-up when I crossdress, it is a totally different feel. For me, I take like almost 1 hour or so to do my make-up and cross-dress to get into the mood and feeling of being in the opposite gender, and it took me like another 1 hour to clean up and remove-up and etc. All these effort for Cross-Dressing, it is like a hobby, more like a mental and emotional release for me.
Having to set this as the context, I feel that there are three levels to those CrossDressers who use photo-editing apps.
Level 3 - CrossDressers who dress-up nicely, don on a proper wig and put on make-up. They use photo-editing apps to beautify themselves, e.g. make their face slimmer and etc. (I am fine with this group actually, after putting in the time and effort to CD and make-up, who would not like to look perfect and pretty after all? As long as it is not too drastic, it is fine.)
Level 2 - CrossDressers who dress-up, some in this group chose to put on wigs and then use photo-editing apps to make their face more feminine, while others just use the Faceapp or Beautycam to make their hair longer and face more feminine. (This group is either beginners or just do not want the trouble of dolling themselves up. If this is the case, then they will really miss out the fun and sensual feeling of getting to be the opposite gender. Doing make-up comes as part of being a fairer gender as most woman put on make-up when they go out.)
Level 1 - CrossDressers just photoshop their make-up faces onto photos of other women... (This is the minimal effort I guess. My take is, either they do not have clothing to dress-up or they are not confident about their body build. If this is the case, that is where the fun of CrossDressing is, there are so many garments and accessories to help women to achieve those beautiful figures, we CD should use them too. If all else fail, there is always breast or body form to cover up.)
To end off this post, I guess the saying by Helena Rubinstein really hit the nail here, “There are no ugly women, only lazy ones”. Think about it. Cheers and peace.
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